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SUBMITTER: Chang MY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3791976 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chang Ming-Yang MY Ong Albert C M AC
British journal of clinical pharmacology 20131001 4
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common inherited kidney disease and results from mutations in PKD1 or PKD2. Cyst initiation and expansion arise from a combination of abnormal cell proliferation, fluid secretion and extracellular matrix defects and results in kidney enlargement and interstitial fibrosis. Since its first description over 200 years ago, ADPKD has been considered an untreatable condition and its management is limited to blood pressure reduction and s ...[more]